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AT: International CP – US Key – Refugees

US key to leading refugee aid
Commission on Immigration Reform 97 (June, http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/congress/refugee-report.pdf, accessed 7-9-11, CH)

Since its very beginnings, America has been a refuge for the persecuted— a “city on the hill” beckoning the victims of political, religious, ethnic, and other forms of repression. That tradition continues to this day. Through both our admissions policies and, equally importantly, through our support for international protection and assistance, the United States leads the world in responding to refugee and related humanitarian crises. On its overseas site visits, the Commission witnessed the desperate plight of those forced to flee their homes. Existence in refugee camps is often tenuous. The Somali women of Dadaab, Kenya refugee camp, for example, face frequent rapes and assaults; many Sudanese adolescent males are dying from malnutrition-caused anemia; youngsters are forcibly recruited for military service; children born and raised in refugee camps have little hope for the future.
US must lead refugee efforts—motivates international efforts
Commission on Immigration Reform 97 (June, http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/congress/refugee-report.pdf, accessed 7-9-11, CH)

Despite the small percentage of the world's refugees who can be resettled in the United States, U.S. resettlement policies nevertheless can greatly influence the international response to refugees. U.S. pledges of resettlement and support for the protection mandate of UNHCR encourage other nations to provide first asylum to new arrivals and serve as an example to other resettlement nations

No international refugee response without US initiatives—means the US must lead the effort
Commission on Immigration Reform 97 (June, http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/congress/refugee-report.pdf, accessed 7-9-11, CH)

With the vast majority of the world’s refugees and displaced persons remaining overseas, the U.S. must focus first and foremost on international refugee policy and programs. Our leadership can take many forms, including policy direction and guidance in international fora, financial contributions to assistance and protection programs, and last but not least, the example set through our own domestic refugee resettlement and asylum policies. The Commission urges the federal government to continue demonstrating leadership in generating international responses to refugee and related humanitarian crises. The vast majority of the world’s refugees and displaced persons are outside of the United States. The Commission is charged with taking a broad view of U.S. refugee policy to include not only domestic but also international policies and programs. The leadership the U.S. provides in responding to international crises is a key component of our refugee policy. The number of refugees and displaced persons requiring international assistance and protection continues to grow. Thus, the need for a continued, effective U.S. response remains. U.S. refugee policy should: Anticipate and take action, when possible, to prevent refugee and related humanitarian emergencies from occurring

AT: Japan CP – No Solvency – Tech

Japanese satellites fail, major EOS DAICHI is dead
UPI 11 (5/12, http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2011/05/12/Japanese-satellite-declared-dead-in-orbit/UPI-89411305248446/, accessed 7-9-11, CH)

TOKYO, May 12 (UPI) -- Japan's space agency says its Earth-observing satellite Daichi is dead in orbit, three weeks after a mysterious anomaly crippled the spacecraft. The Advanced Land Observing Satellite unexpectedly powered itself down April 22 for reasons that remain unclear. The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency spent weeks attempting to re-establish communication with Daichi, but finally gave up the effort, SPACE.com reported Thursday. "We decided to complete its operations by sending a command from the ground to halt its on-board transmitter and batteries at 10:50 a.m. on May 12 (Japan Standard Time), as we found it was impossible to recover communication with the satellite," JAXA officials said in a statement. The Daichi satellite was launched in January 2006 as an all-purpose Earth surveyor, mapping the planet, searching for resources and quantifying changes in land cover such as deforestation. Daichi captured about 6.5 million images of Earth from an altitude of about 435 miles during its five-year lifespan, including images of Japan's ravaged eastern coast after the earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011, JAXA officials said.

Japanese EOS fails—current satellite power faces same powering shortfalls as previous one
Clark 11 (Stephen, 4/22, http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1104/22alos/, accessed 7-9-11, CH)

The spacecraft switched to a low-power mode around 7:30 a.m. Japan time Friday (2230 GMT Thursday), where the satellite's three observation instruments shut down to conserve electricity. Telemetry indicated ALOS lost all power later Friday, according to JAXA. "Since then, the power generation has been rapidly deteriorating, and we currently cannot confirm power generation," a JAXA press release said. Nicknamed Daichi, the Japanese word for land, ALOS launched aboard an H-2A rocket Jan. 24, 2006. The satellite unfurled a 72-foot-long solar panel, the largest single deployable array on any Japanese spacecraft. It was designed to produce at least 4 kilowatts of power at the end of the satellite's life. The ALOS mission was supposed to last at least three years, and the craft narrowly achieved JAXA's stated goal of five years of operations. "JAXA is investigating the cause of this phenomenon while taking necessary measures," the statement said. Two other electrical system failures have ended major Japanese satellite observation missions in the last 15 years. The ALOS anomaly signature is similar to the failure of the Advanced Earth Observing Satellite 2, or ADEOS 2, which lost electricity in October 2003 and was never heard from again. ADEOS 2 replaced another satellite that succumbed to structural damage on its solar panel less than a year after it launched. JAXA did not announce what part of the power generation system could be at fault on ALOS, or if the declining electricity levels were a symptom of another issue.